hey guys quick question: I know you are only supposed to pull 4 oz at a time from the water wand... is there any contraint for the grouphead as well? ie. are you not supposed to pull more than 4 oz at a time from the grouphead? Sometimes i pull more than 4 when i'm flushing and i'm wondering if it's better to do one long flush or if it's better for the machine if i do a few small flushes. (or if it doesn't matter at all)

Also is anyone using a VST basket with their Cuadra? I bought mine from first line and am using the standard one... am thinking of getting the VST but would love to know if anyone has tried it and seen a different in extraction quality.

One more question: the water softener that's connected to the tube inside the resevoir - can i just pull the softern to get it off the tube? I want to recharge it but i'm not sure what the correct way to get it off the tube is and how to put it back in.

A couple of problems:The water coming out of both steam and hot water wands has a funny smell. Almost like paint. Is this because the machine is new? I'm using fridge filtered water.Is there anything I can do about it?

Coffee not coming out: when I pull the shot, very and I mean very little coffee comes out. Could this be because I'm using too much pressure with the tamper? I tried to reduce it and more coffee came out. So just wondering if this just about be learning how much pressure to use.

A couple of problems:The water coming out of both steam and hot water wands has a funny smell. Almost like paint. Is this because the machine is new? I'm using fridge filtered water.Is there anything I can do about it?

Coffee not coming out: when I pull the shot, very and I mean very little coffee comes out. Could this be because I'm using too much pressure with the tamper? I tried to reduce it and more coffee came out. So just wondering if this just about be learning how much pressure to use.

Pulled everything and followed the procedure to a tee. Didn't notice much scale, if any, at all. Just a few tiny spots of corrosion where the chrome plating was replaced with a small green dot. Cleaned everything off anyway and re-assembled. Now, when I first turn the machine on each morning, the temp starts to climb to about 140 F, and then proceeds to drop. I do a small flush (notice a second or two of no water) and then the temp starts to climb again and it reaches operating temperature no problem and stays there until I turn off the machine. But this cycle repeats each morning.

This has been every morning now for the past 4 days. I did a full descale yesterday to see if that would fix the issue, but no dice, same issue this morning.

Symbols: = New Posts since your last visit = No New Posts since last visit = Newest post

Forum Rules:No profanity, illegal acts or personal attacks will be tolerated in these discussion boards.No commercial posting of any nature will be tolerated; only private sales by private individuals, in the "Buy and Sell" forum.No SEO style postings will be tolerated. SEO related posts will result in immediate ban from CoffeeGeek.No cross posting allowed - do not post your topic to more than one forum, nor repost a topic to the same forum.Who Can Read The Forum? Anyone can read posts in these discussion boards.Who Can Post New Topics? Any registered CoffeeGeek member can post new topics.Who Can Post Replies? Any registered CoffeeGeek member can post replies.Can Photos be posted? Anyone can post photos in their new topics or replies.Who can change or delete posts? Any CoffeeGeek member can edit their own posts. Only moderators can delete posts.Probationary Period: If you are a new signup for CoffeeGeek, you cannot promote, endorse, criticise or otherwise post an unsolicited endorsement for any company, product or service in your first five postings.